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Detroit Public Library System E-rate: who serves it, contracts ending, C2 budget left

USAC committed $3.5M to Detroit Public Library System (Michigan) over FY2024-2026 across 14 funding requests from 4 providers; $2.5M Category 2 budget is left in the FY2026-2030 cycle, 1 contract ends in the next 12 months and 0 Form 470s are open.

Selling to Detroit Public Library System? USAC committed $3.5M to it over FY2024-2026, $1.2M in FY2026. Here is who holds its services today, which contracts end soon, what equipment is already installed, and how much Category 2 budget it still has to spend.

Michigan · FY2026 · updated nightly from USAC open data
For providers and resellersSelling to Detroit Public Library System
0open 470s

No 470 open today

When Detroit Public Library System posts a Form 470 it takes bids for 28 days. The alert below tells you the day it does.

$2.5MC2 budget left

Money still to spend

Category 2 budget left in the FY2026-2030 cycle (Confirmed).

Budget $3.4M
1contracts ending

Within 12 months

E-rate contracts at Detroit Public Library System that reach their end date in the next year.

Next: SIGNATURE TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, Inc., Sep 30, 2027
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0 of 5 FY2026 requests had a single bidder90% discount rate: pays 10 cents on the dollarIncumbents: Merit Network, Inc., SIGNATURE TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, Inc., Sentinel Technologies, Inc.Email me when Detroit Public Library System opens a 470
$3.5M
committed FY2024-2026
14
funding requests
4
providers
$2.5M
C2 left, FY2026-2030

Commitments by year

Funding yearCommittedFunding requestsProviders
FY2026$1,214,69053
FY2025$1,187,62333
FY2024$1,085,89164

Who serves Detroit Public Library System

Every provider with a funded request at Detroit Public Library System in the last three funding years: the incumbents a bid has to displace.

ProviderServicesYearsCommitted FY2024-2026
SIGNATURE TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, Inc.Internal connectionsFY2024, FY2025, FY2026$2,112,744
Merit Network, Inc.Data and internetFY2024, FY2025, FY2026$1,308,797
Sentinel Technologies, Inc.Managed Wi-FiFY2024, FY2025, FY2026$66,304
T-Mobile USA, Inc.Data and internetFY2024$359

Contracts ending in the next 12 months

Contract end dates as filed on the Form 471; June 30 funding-year boundaries are left out.

ProviderServiceCommittedEnds
SIGNATURE TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, Inc.Internal connections$144,461Sep 30, 2027

What is already installed

Category 2 line items FY2024-2026: the installed base a competing bid has to fit, or replace.

ManufacturerLine itemsQuantityCostModelsLatest
Cisco Meraki28667$707,047C9300-NM-8X-M C9300, CAB-SPWR-150CM-M, LIC-C9300-48E-5YFY2026
Cisco9135$285,376SFP-25G-SR-S=, LIC-ENT-10YR, CW9164I-MRFY2026
Vertical Cable147,107$71,236Cat 6A Keystone jack, Cat 6a patch cables, RJ 45FY2025
Signature Tech. Solutions1842,222$66,836CAT6A Plunme blue cable, Cat 6A Keystone jack, RacewayFY2026
No Preference84,032$65,231Multi-Mode Fiber, J-Hooks 2'', J-Hooks 4''FY2025
Dell12$32,139S5248F-ONFY2025
Plenum148,754$29,252Cat 6A Plenum CableFY2025
C2G31,508$24,115Raceway, HT-TSRW-JBD2,HT-TSRW-JB3, Wall gang boxFY2025
Hammond536$20,416Cable Management, 20U 24W 25.7D Swing Out Wall Cabinet w/ Vented Door (HWM2420U20BK), HWM2420U20BK and HM-CAGKIT1032-50FY2026
Wiremold22,000$12,210Floor RacewayFY2025
SignaMax442$4,242Patch Panel (48p), Patch Panel (24p)FY2026
Minerallac2640$2,874648RS, 654RSFY2025
Signamax115$1,61348 Port Patch PanelFY2024
Platinum Tools1320$1,277JH966-100FY2025
Skillman12$70112-port Fiber CassetteFY2025
Leviton456–PDU 5500-190, 5500-190FY2026

Category 2 budget

CycleBudgetLeftStatusConsultant on file
FY2026-2030$3,426,542$2,496,519ConfirmedE-Rate Central

Common questions

Who provides E-rate services to Detroit Public Library System?

SIGNATURE TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, Inc. (Internal connections, $2.1M); Merit Network, Inc. (Data and internet, $1.3M); Sentinel Technologies, Inc. (Managed Wi-Fi, $66K); T-Mobile USA, Inc. (Data and internet, $359).

How much E-rate Category 2 budget does Detroit Public Library System have left?

$2.5M of a $3.4M budget in the FY2026-2030 cycle (Confirmed), as of Nov 5, 2026.

Which of Detroit Public Library System's E-rate contracts end soon?

SIGNATURE TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, Inc., Internal connections, ends Sep 30, 2027.

What network equipment does Detroit Public Library System use?

Cisco Meraki (28 line items); Cisco (9 line items); Vertical Cable (14 line items); Signature Tech. Solutions (18 line items); No Preference (8 line items), from Form 471 line items FY2024-2026.

Does Detroit Public Library System have an E-rate Form 470 open right now?

Not as of Nov 5, 2026. Form 470s post most weeks in the fall and winter and take bids for 28 days.

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Compiled from public records and refreshed nightly; last updated Nov 5, 2026. Figures are as USAC publishes them; committed amounts are funding commitments, not payments. Contract end dates on June 30 are left out because many applicants enter the funding-year end instead. Check the source before acting. See something wrong? Tell us and we will correct it.